CANTON ‒ Staff at the William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum celebrated Juneteenth with a craft project that featured a Juneteenth flag. Tameka Ellington, curator of black history, led ...
MARIETTA, Ga. - Those celebrating Juneteenth can stop by the William Root House Museum & Garden in Marietta on June 19 between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free event will commemorate the holiday with guided ...
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — ...
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The ...
The Lynnfield 250th Celebration Committee met Tuesday night to discuss updates on plans, as well as speaking with Lynnfield for Love on how Juneteenth can be incorporated into the three-day event ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Several events and ceremonies are planned across Middle Tennessee to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday. The U.S. will observe Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19. The origin of ...
Plenty of Juneteenth events have already been celebrated in Philadelphia and the region, but there are many more coming up — both on the holiday itself and on the following weekend. The holiday ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the ...